Wednesday, July 6, 2016

UNP To Appoint Sujeewa Senasinghe To COPE Committee To "Weaken" Treasury Bonds Probe

The United National Party is to choose Deputy Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe to the COPE council examining the Treasury bonds issue, educated gathering sources told Asian Mirror.

To clear a path for Senasinghe, the gathering's illustrative to the council, M. Velukumar said he would leave from the advisory group.

A day prior to the choice was made, the UNP individuals speaking to the COPE advisory group were summoned for an extraordinary meeting at the Temple Trees.
Velukumar's abdication is accepted to be an immediate result of the Temple Trees meeting led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.





Senasinghe is an open supporter of previous Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and he went ahead to compose a book, a year ago, protecting the Treasury bonds issue. Consequently, it is broadly trusted that senasinghe would make a urgent endeavor to weaken the Treasury bonds test which includes previous Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, a nearby associate of the Prime Minister.

In the interim, COPE Chairman, JVP Parliamentarian Sunil Handunnetti told Asian Mirror that summoning his gathering individuals from the board of trustees for an extraordinary meeting at Temple Trees was an "unsuitable demonstration" by the Prime Minister.